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Univision Communications Inc., the leading Hispanic media company in the U.S., is seeking a Manager to join its Corporate Communications group to be based in either its Los Angeles, New York or Miami offices and will report to the team’s Director of Corporate Communications. This department leverages key national publications, media trades, thought leadership events and social media to positively position Univision and its portfolio of assets with clients, key influencers and stakeholders.

The Manager of Corporate Communications will liaise with business units across the enterprise to develop, manage and execute external communications ranging from media campaigns in support of our content distribution efforts to financial communication and local station public relations. In addition to supporting these specific business areas, the Manager will support with executive thought leadership, major events and other corporate priorities more broadly. The ideal candidate should have background in the media industry.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop strategies and manage day-to-day execution of comprehensive B2B communications programs to support the company’s top-rated media portfolio and corporate functions, including but not limited to distribution, investor relations, ad sales and the company’s local television and radio station group
• Provide strategic and tactical communications support for the content licensing and distribution sales team
• Lead the writing and editing of high-level, high-quality press materials, including press releases, memos, social media posts, pitches and bylined articles, among others
• Pitch and foster relationships with top-tier media industry trade press and key media contacts
• Proactively develop ideas and opportunities for feature articles, interviews, awards, presentations, social media and other PR activities that promote awareness of company initiatives
• Engage with senior leaders to develop high quality written material for internal and external distribution including as part of thought leadership initiatives
• Serve as an internal representative of the Corporate Communications team, working with various departments within the company 

About The Brand

Overview and Responsibilities

THE DIVISION’S STORY
Our People Team is aptly named. We’re all about “people” and all about “team” — and all in the service of outcomes. Whether we’re helping to structure an organization, fill a key role, forecast new capabilities, align teams or grow leaders at all levels, we are all about results. We do the right thing even when it’s hard, help others have tough conversations, and we’re thrilled to support the growth of this amazing company. As People Partners to the business, we are trusted advisors who collaborate closely with our People Specialists to deliver smart solutions to tough organizational, process and people challenges. As a creative company, we’re all about talent. We’re the ones who find them, grow them and keep them!

THE ROLE: VP, HR Compliance & Operations

Develop and execute HR initiatives in the areas of: Reporting & Systems, with particular emphasis on optimizing the use of Workday in an efficient and effective manner; Employee Relations & Investigations; Compliance & Reporting; Policies & Training and other related HR programs/initiatives as dictated by business needs.

MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Ensure that Workday is properly implemented and that reporting is efficient and in support of all the HR functions.
• Ensure that all employee data is properly input into Workday and that Workday is optimized for employee self-service, keeping in mind any cultural limitations.
• Develop streamlined and simplified protocols for Workday approvals.
• Assure all required governmental filings related to employee hiring are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Perform continuous review and audit, in partnership with internal employment law, of A+E employment policies.
• Effectively reduce risk on employee relations issues by providing guidance and, if required, conducting investigations for HR professionals and business leaders on employee discipline and compliance issues.
• Manage a team of US-based HR professionals to help drive consistency and execution of HR processes with a strong focus on improving the associate experience for HR related activities.
• Involvement in other high impact business projects as needed.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

On our team, you’ll have the opportunity to innovate and learn. You will not be alone. You’ll have an opportunity to be a key thought leader and contributor to shaping and implementing our HRIS strategies. You will build relationships, both internal and external that will support transformational solutions & support our areas of business. Finally, you’ll be exposed to various A+E departments and stakeholders to learn their goals and needs so you can become a trusted partner.

Katz Networks (Bounce, Laff, Grit, Court TV Mystery)

The Sales Planner is primarily responsible for overall sales support to the sales staff, which includes developing strategic sales plans and packages for clients, administering existing deals, coordinating pending deals and facilitating the sales process by providing plans that meet the needs of the network, clients and sales staff. The ideal candidate is strategic person who understands the tactical and strategic balance required to manage client expectations and departmental goals. 

Responsibilities

• Build, revise and maintain sales proposals. Compile proposal requests and reweights as needed.
• Liaise with Sales, Pricing & Planning and Commercial Operations to ensure sold schedules run as ordered, including all media elements.
• Assist in the compilation and enhancement of upfront and scatter planning: reweight charts, RFP’s and etc.
• Work with Inventory Manager for approval of re-expressions, movement of dollars and ADU/Recap offers.
• Interaction with Account Executive regarding proposed programming sponsorships & added-value initiatives.
• Foster key relationships with clients and agency contacts.
• Interaction with network’s traffic department to gauge week of inventory availability, restrictions and separation requirements, securing traffic instructions & creative, etc.
• Monitor on-air schedules, manage changes and coordinate with traffic to ensure schedule airs as ordered.
• Manage all aspects of added value to secure materials, work with Creative Services on production and submit completed creative to clients for approval. Ensure proper scheduling.
• Provide post summaries of account delivery and provide client correspondence as necessary.
• Support/cover the Sales Assistant, who handles client scheduling, billing, brand allocations, reconciling discrepancies, maintaining client files.
• Work with the Sales Assistant to resolve order/invoice-billing discrepancies.
• Keep abreast of industry news via “trades” to increase and strengthen knowledge of position and get a general/broad understanding of what’s going on in the industry.

TAbout Us

Turner Studios is an in-house creative production organization designed to support nearly every aspect of the fan experience on behalf of Turner’s brands, including TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network, [adult swim], Boomerang, CNN, Great Big Story, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Sports, Bleacher Report, and more.

Our teams of artists and craftspeople work closely to produce a huge variety of content and fan experiences each year, primarily from our 300,000-square-foot facility in midtown Atlanta.
For more on who we are and what we do, check out this virtual tour: vimeo.com/tsatl/tour

About The Job

The Production Crew Manager will lead the charge in cultivating a strong culture that inspires and motivates our team of 50+ staff and 200+ temporary below-the-line crew members in Production, handling all facets of the employee life cycle (attraction, recruitment, hiring + onboarding, and training + development).

At the core of the role is maintaining a clear line of communication with our crew and overseeing their training + development. The Production Crew Manager will develop and administer talent assessments, regularly share feedback from a variety of stakeholders, and devise career development strategies for individual team members and departments.

This role supports the Director of Production and works closely with Production and Technical Management. The role also will be supported by crewing coordinators to manage personnel schedules according to our partners’ needs.

(Please note that this is a people management role, not a production management role. Our focus is on finding someone with a knack for leadership and nurturing talent.)

The Daily

• Serve as partners’ primary point of contact for all crew-related requests
• Work with Production Management and Crewing Coordinators to match crewing requests with the best available talent, keeping in mind a breadth of programming and production needs
• Manage below-the-line production crew members (both staff and temporary), making every effort to ensure they remain informed, engaged, and motivated
• Create robust talent development curriculum in partnership with Director of Production
• Fill and nurture a diverse pipeline of high-potential technical crew prospects for each technical discipline through our new Production Apprentice program

The WarnerMedia Story
WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Now, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others.

The Team
Turner Studios is an in-house creative production organization designed to support nearly every aspect of the fan experience on behalf of Warner Media’s brands, including TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network, [adult swim], Boomerang, CNN, Great Big Story, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Sports, Bleacher Report, and more.

Our teams of artists and craftspeople work closely to produce a huge variety of content and fan experiences each year, primarily from our 300,000-square-foot facility in midtown Atlanta. For more on who we are and what we do, check out this virtual tour: vimeo.com/tsatl/tour

Your Opportunity
You’re the jack of all trades. You’ve done it all, from working on live tv shows, commercials, scripted, corporate events, digital, social, taped, you name it…you’ve done it. You’re a master at adaptability and when you meet with clients to kickoff that next project, you’re ready to hit the ground running, already have lists going of freelancers to reach out to, already started on your excel sheets and financial projections. It’s go time. And the cool thing about the gig? You get to work on not only projects for popular brands like TNT, truTV, TBS, and more, you have a huge family of other in house production folks to collaborate with and trade best practices and tips. Sound like your sort of job?

The Daily
The Production Manager of Entertainment Brands is responsible for connecting dots and tending to details in order to ensure that our entertainment, corporate, and non-broadcast productions, both in studio and on location, are executed successfully. We’re looking for a combination of high EQ, comfort with unusual requests and emerging formats, masterful organizational skills, and innate motivation to see a big, ever-changing slate of projects through.

This role serves as connective tissue between our brand partners, production crew, operations team, facilities, vendors, and more – tracking plans and budgets, devising solutions for the kinds of unusual challenges that arise with every new show or one-off project, and over-communicating to keep everyone in the know every step of the way. The role also partners with our internal technical and engineering teams, managing projects related to our technical production infrastructure. One thing to note, we work in a sort of “breaking news” type environment so working nights and weekends isn’t uncommon. There’s also a bit of travel involved, but would only be around 30% of the role.

• Serve as a primary point of contact for day-to-day technical and personnel needs related to pre-production and production for entertainment, branded, and corporate projects.

• Collaborate with Technical Operations to optimize our use of internal resources to for increased efficiency and effectiveness.

• Develop and lead crews for digital / specialty productions.

• Advise partners on opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Develop, track, and own accountability for budget and organization of multiple simultaneous productions.

• Oversee Assistant Production Manager, coordinator and apprentice in accurate creation and reconciliation of budgets for all assigned projects.

The WarnerMedia Story
WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Now, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others.

The Team
Turner Studios is an in-house creative production organization designed to support nearly every aspect of the fan experience on behalf of Warner Media’s brands, including TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network, [adult swim], Boomerang, CNN, Great Big Story, Turner Classic Movies, Turner Sports, Bleacher Report, and more.

Our teams of artists and craftspeople work closely to produce a huge variety of content and fan experiences each year, primarily from our 300,000-square-foot facility in midtown Atlanta. For more on who we are and what we do, check out this virtual tour: vimeo.com/tsatl/tour

Your Opportunity
We have an opening for a Production Manager of Live Sports in our Atlanta, Georgia office with our Turner Studios group. In this role you’ll be responsible for connecting dots and tending to details in order to ensure that our live sports content (NBA, NCAA, UEFA, ELEAGUE and more), both in studio and on location, are executed successfully. We’re looking for a rare combination of technical savvy, high EQ, and masterful organizational skills that’s motivated by the challenge of keeping a fast-moving, constantly rerouting train on the rails.

This role serves as connective tissue between our brand partners, production crew, operations team, facilities, vendors, and more – tracking plans and budgets, devising solutions for problems that inevitably arise in a live environment, and over-communicating to keep everyone in the know every step of the way. The role also partners with our internal technical and engineering teams, managing projects related to our technical production infrastructure.

One thing to note, we work in a sort of “breaking news” type environment so working nights and weekends isn’t uncommon. There’s also a bit of travel involved, but would only be around 10% of the role.

The Daily

• Serve as a primary point of contact for technical and personnel needs related to all live sports productions.

• Manage day-to-day production needs for multiple brands (NBA, NCAA, UEFA, ELEAGUE), working closely with content team, technical operations, and other partners.

• Engage with networks to review live productions and advise on opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Develop, track, and own accountability for budgets and organization of multiple simultaneous productions.

• Coordinate with linear production/operations teams to schedule feeds and organize remote broadcasts.

• Oversee coordinators in accurate creation and reconciliation of budgets for all assigned projects.